Yi Jing Hexagram 16
The hexagram: 16
An hexagram is a combination of six yin and yang lines.
16 - Vigor
Youth is able to mobilize. It is a period of indecision that one will leave by getting involved.
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The trigrams are combinations of three yin and yang lines. The three bottom lines of the hexagram form the lower trigram and represent the inner situation. The three top lines form the upper trigram and represent the outer situation.
Upper trigram: The thunder
Lower trigram: The earth
Line Comments
The lines represent the evolution of the hexagram, from the bottom (young) to the top (old).
16.1 (16 > 51) - Quenching one's enthusiasm
When one starts by showing their confidence they come back with embarrassment.
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16.5 (16 > 45) - Staying with one's friends
One has to share because one lacks of means.
Bing DeepL Google YandexThe nuclear hexagram: 39
The nuclear hexagram is the association of the two inner trigrams (lines 2,3,4 and 3,4,5). It represents the root, or the origin of the situation.
39 - Uncertainty
Solving a difficulty requires a patient study. If one fails, one will receive help after showing that one has done one's best.
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Mutations
16.1 (16 > 51) - Quenching one's enthusiasm
When one starts by showing their confidence they come back with embarrassment.
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16.1.2 (16 > 54) - Serving as a chaperone
One stays with one's relatives to give them safety advice.
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16.1.3 (16 > 55) - Getting help from the best
One is going to ask the most skilled to perform what one is unable to do.
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16.2.3 (16 > 32) - Wanting more success
One is waiting for more results before recognizing the champions' victory.
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16.1.4 (16 > 24) - Discouraging reforms
One does not want to help others to change so as not to lose their situation.
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16.2.4 (16 > 7) - Recovering one's seriousness
One will make efforts to stop laughing.
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16.1.2.4 (16 > 19) - Putting one's foot in it
One alters the surrounding good mood because of derogatory remark.
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16.3.4 (16 > 15) - Warning of an imminent attack
One takes refuge with our friends to tell them that the danger is not far away.
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16.1.3.4 (16 > 36) - Behaving in a childish way
Once again, one has shown immaturity.
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16.1.2.3.4 (16 > 11) - Saving
One increases one's wealth because one spends less than one earns.
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16.5 (16 > 45) - Staying with one's friends
One has to share because one lacks of means.
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16.2.5 (16 > 47) - Issuing a free pass
One uses one's credit to get a favor that others have been refused.
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16.1.2.5 (16 > 58) - Amending one's conduct
One agrees to behave as others require.
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16.3.5 (16 > 31) - Monopolizing speech
One remembers that others did not always have a say.
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16.1.3.5 (16 > 49) - Molting
One ousts one's former allies to make way for new talents.
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16.2.3.5 (16 > 28) - Vigor
One makes a commitment to one's superiors not to talk about it further.
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16.1.2.3.5 (16 > 43) - Recognizing only one chief
One affirms one's determination not to be guided by other leaders.
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16.4.5 (16 > 8) - Being excused
One is still respectable despite the mistakes they could have made.
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16.1.4.5 (16 > 3) - Not being on the same wavelength
One thinks that they are acting correctly, but struggles to be respected.
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16.2.4.5 (16 > 29) - Discount treatment
One favors the cheapest remedies over efficiency.
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16.1.2.4.5 (16 > 60) - Vigor
One tries to satisfy one's friends by showing them affection.
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16.3.4.5 (16 > 39) - Vigor
One represses one's aggressiveness so as not to appear as dangerous as one really is.
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16.1.3.4.5 (16 > 63) - Spinning head over tail
One performs a maneuver that others find confusing.
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16.2.3.4.5 (16 > 48) - Vigor
One learns courtesy so that others are favorably impressed.
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16.1.2.3.4.5 (16 > 5) - Embellishing one's interior
One has planned improvements to make others feel good.
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16.6 (16 > 35) - Returning to reason
One no longer exaggerates because one has finally understood.
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16.2.6 (16 > 64) - Coming to terms with fighting
One crosses swords with those who think that fighting is the only solution.
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16.1.2.6 (16 > 38) - Ousting the champion
One brilliantly replaces a latecomer that others thought was the best choice in the world.
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16.3.6 (16 > 56) - Sheltering penitents
One supports those who have gone astray.
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16.1.3.6 (16 > 30) - Getting trapped
One is under the influence of a person skilled at manipulating those who are not suspicious.
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16.2.3.6 (16 > 50) - Complaining against the most favored
One is ranting after those who have received more benefits.
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16.1.2.3.6 (16 > 14) - Requesting an assessment
One is introduced to those who are able to evaluate what one is worth.
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16.4.6 (16 > 23) - Weakening one's aura
One loses one's radiance when one tries to shade others.
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16.1.4.6 (16 > 27) - Knowing the art of seduction
One feeds one's admirers by giving them proofs of love.
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16.2.4.6 (16 > 4) - Preserving sensitivity
One pays attention that their comments do not hurt the most vulnerable.
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16.3.4.6 (16 > 52) - Vigor
One has fond memories of a moment of conviviality.
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16.1.3.4.6 (16 > 22) - Vigor
One embellishes one's daily life with a little poetry.
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16.2.3.4.6 (16 > 18) - Welcoming the audience rating
One warns their leaders of the satisfaction one feels in being heard.
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16.1.2.3.4.6 (16 > 26) - Searching for inventions
One draws new resources by welcoming innovations.
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16.5.6 (16 > 12) - Keeping troublemakers away
One is really satisfied to be able to refuse those who have made too many outcries.
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16.1.5.6 (16 > 25) - Designing one's interior
One makes room for a new acquisition.
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16.2.5.6 (16 > 6) - Serving conflicting interests
One obeys impulses which do not favor those who trigger them.
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16.3.5.6 (16 > 33) - Vigor
One improves one's looks so that others don't get tired of coming.
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16.1.3.5.6 (16 > 13) - Vigor
One appreciates that others are not more fearsome.
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16.2.3.5.6 (16 > 44) - Vigor
One presents other ideas than one's own to showcase one's science.
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16.1.2.3.5.6 (16 > 1) - Being spotted unknowingly
One does not think that they have been seen.
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16.4.5.6 (16 > 20) - Showing enthusiasm
The field is invaded after the meeting.
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16.1.4.5.6 (16 > 42) - Vigor
One greatly appreciates the efforts that others make to be useful.
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16.2.4.5.6 (16 > 59) - Evaluating candidates
One sends their allies to others to find out if one can trust them.
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16.1.2.4.5.6 (16 > 61) - Failing to show one's joy
One is stingy with compliments despite one's deep satisfaction.
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16.3.4.5.6 (16 > 53) - Perfecting one's knowledge
One sharpen one's ideas through contact with well-educated people.
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16.1.3.4.5.6 (16 > 37) - Partitioning one's life
One compartmentalizes one's existence so as not to lose control of it.
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16.2.3.4.5.6 (16 > 57) - Vigor
One invents a new way of saying what one thinks.
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16.1.2.3.4.5.6 (16 > 9) - Being afraid to confess
After being solicited, one wonders why others are not able to say what they want.
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